A block of mass m
= 2.00 kg
is attached to the end of an ideal spring. Due to the weight of the block, the block remains at rest when the spring is stretched a distance h
= 5.00 cm
from its equilibrium length. (Figure 1)The spring has an unknown spring constant k
. Take the acceleration due to gravity to be g
= 9.81 m/s2
what is the spring cosntant